Music Quiz #3 - Sunday Quiz

Round 1: 2000’s - Singles

'Clint Eastwood' was the debut single from which virtual group fronted by Damon Albarn of Blur?

Jack White used a low guitar tuning to make it sound like a bass for which stompy anthem by The White Stripes?

Which song, spending 7 weeks at number one in the US, was originally written with Britney Spears in mind and proved a huge hit for Rihanna?

What is the name of the title track of the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse?

Thom Yorke rides to heaven "in a little rowboat" in the lead single from Radiohead's fifth studio album Amnesiac. What was the song called?

Which song was released on November 21, 2000 as the third single from Eminem's third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and featured Dido?

'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' was a refreshing blast of rock from Australia in 2003, who was it by?

Johnny Cash with little more than an acoustic guitar lead Trent Reznor to say "That song isn't mine anymore.". Which song?

A debut single is so popular that 15 years after release it was still one of the UK’s 100 biggest hits of the year. Which Killers song?

Nelly Furtado teamed up with producer Timbaland to release which single featuring the lyric "Move your body around like a nympho."?

Round 2: 1980’s Albums

In 1987 'Strangeways, Here We Come' became the last album released by which group, following the departure of guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr?

What is the name of the debut studio album from Guns N Roses, released in 1987, with the blistering opening track 'Welcome to the Jungle'?

Formed from the remaining members of Joy Division, which group released the album 'Power, Corruption & Lies' in 1983?

After Wham! split in 1985, George Michael re-invented himself and released what debut album?

Which group released 'Licensed to Ill' in 1986, the first rap record to top the Billboard 200 chart?

Fully embracing the relatively new CD format to clock in at an impressive 72 minutes, which album by The Cure was released in 1989?

Sadly, which N.W.A album, could possibly be considered more relevant now than upon its release in 1998?

Featuring classics such as “Where Is My Mind?” and “Gigantic.”, 'Surfer Rosa' was a 1988 release by which group?

What 1983 debut album by Metallica could be considered to have almost created a new sub-genre of metal music?

The best selling album (non-compilation) of all time by a considerable margin, which album did Michael Jackson release at the age of 23?

Round 3: Solo Artists

Courtney Love was a prominent figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s best known for her romance with Kurt Cobain. Which group did she form before going solo?

Which lead singer pursued a solo career in 2000 after the split of The Verve, best known for the album 'Urban Hymns'?

An Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and DJ. Björk was the singer for which group until 1992?

Gordon Sumner was the lead vocalist with The Police and released his first solo work in 1985. What name is he better known by?

Rising to fame in the 1990's, Beyoncé was the lead singer of which best selling girl group?

One of the best selling artists of all time with over 90 million records sold worldwide, which group was Lionel Richie a member of before going solo?

While No Doubt were on hiatus, who released her debut studio album 'Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'?

The drummer and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971 until the band broke up in 1980, who has since pursued a successful solo career?

With solo hits such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "I'm Coming Out", who was the lead singer of the massively popular 60's group The Supremes?

Who is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream?

Round 4: 1990’s Singles

Which Swedish band had a hit with "The Sign" in 1994?

"You Get What You Give" was one of those magical one hit wonders where they didn't even seem to try again and just vanished. Who performed the song?

Featured in the film Trainspotting in 1996, what was the hit record by Underworld?

1997 saw Natalie Imbruglia release her debut studio album "Left of the Middle". What was the smash hit single from the album?

Somehow this 1995 track from Oasis has become a bit of a meme. What was the third single from the "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" album?

TLC's third number-one single, what song was described as "a scathing critique on men at the bottom of the dating pool"?

It felt like everyone knew the words to which Pulp song with the opening line; "She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge"?

What is the opening track and lead single from Nirvana's second album, "Nevermind". A song which felt like it blew open a whole new world of music when released in 1991?

What song, written and composed by Prince, was released by Sinead O'Connor in 1990 with an accompanying incredibly emotional music video?

"I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb", is a lyric from which 1994 classic from The Offspring?

Round 5: Songs From Films

One of the best selling singles of all time, what track by Canadian artist Celine Dion featured in the 1997 film Titanic?

Which song by Eminem was released on October 28, 2002, as the lead single from the soundtrack to 8 Mile?

The song (I've Had) The Time of My Life, by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, was used as the theme song for which 1987 film?

Which Bee Gee's song is said to be ideal to listen to when performing CPR?

First released as a single and included in the film The NeverEnding Story III, then re-released a year later as part of the Batman Forever film soundtrack, Kiss From a Rose was a song by who?

The song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" for the film Armageddon, debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving which band their first and only number-one single in their home country?

In the film Flashdance, which song by Michael Sembello is used as the backing track of a montage sequence showing Alex (Jennifer Beals) training strenuously in her converted warehouse?

One of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers, which song is famed for being on the soundtrack to Ghost?

Survivor performed which song, the theme song for the film Rocky III, which interestingly was released a day before the single?

In 2001 a version of which song, by singers Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Pink and rapper Lil' Kim, recorded for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks?

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